Dr. Ibrahim Al-Rasdan

Ibrahim Al Rashdan

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Cardia - Abdulla Al Salem area, Kuwait

EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITIES AND MEETING ORGANISATION

- Dr. Ibrahim AL Rashdan graduated from Kuwait University in 1989 and joined his postgraduate training at the University of British Columbia Vancouver BC where he obtained his fellowship in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology between 1992-1999.
- He is American Board certified in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology.
- He works in the Kuwait heart centre, Chest diseases hospital and is an associate professor of cardiology in University of Kuwait and adjunct professor of Medicine at McGill University Montreal Canada.
- He is one of the founders of Gulf Heart Association and Course Director of GulfPCR-GIM interventional Cardiology meeting, he is a member of the PCR main board.

 
ACTIVE AREAS OF RESEARCH
- His interest spans complex coronary interventions, structural heart disease interventions and device innovations.
- He has a special interest in medical education having participated in curriculum reform at Kuwait medical school for the undergraduate as well as postgraduate training.

- Dr. Ibrahim AL Rashdan has a very high interest in clinical research and has actively participated in the development of the Radial and Bioresorbable scaffolds courses on PCR edu online.

Declaration of interest

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Latest contributions

Renal denervation in 2024

19 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024

Join us to explore advancements in renal denervation (RDN) technology and clinical applications. This session covers radiofrequency and ultrasound approaches, mechanisms, step-by-step procedures, patient selection, and program setup, offering insights into optimizing outcomes for hypertension patients.

Please note that this Case-in-a-Box does not reflect the recording standards...

Renal denervation in 2024

Complications and challenging cases #2

19 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024

Dive into this session to explore a collection of challenging cases and complications encountered in interventional cardiology. From a ruptured balloon inside a coronary artery to a percutaneous ventricular septal rupture closure post myocardial infarction, uncover the strategies and techniques used to manage these complex situations....

Complications and challenging cases #2

Undilatable calcified lesion - LIVE case

19 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024

A 52-year-old male presenting with angina (CCS II) and normal LV function. Angiography revealed a long, severely calcified lesion in the proximal and mid-LAD, which was undilatable during a previous PCI.

The lesion was prepared using Rotablator (1.5 Burr), cutting balloon, Shockwave, and NC balloon, guided by...

Calcified lesions - LIVE case

Fostering patient care with calcium management solution

18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024

This sponsored session by Abbott explores the value of intracoronary imaging in managing calcified lesions. Learn how to adopt appropriate procedural strategies, utilize orbital atherectomy for plaque modification, and optimize stent results through the insights gained from a live case presentation and debriefing. Discover how these...

Fostering patient care with calcium management solution

GulfPCR-GIM 2024 Opening Ceremony

18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024

The GulfPCR-GIM 2024 opening ceremony, live from Dubai, marks the start of this year’s premier interventional course in the Middle East. Building on the success of last year, which gathered over 1,100 participants and featured 50+ sessions, the 2024 edition promises an even richer program. Highlights...

GulfPCR-GIM 2024 Opening Ceremony

Complications and challenging cases #1 in interventional cardiology

18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024

This session delves into a range of complex and challenging cases in interventional cardiology. Explore a coronary balloon fracture compromising the vascularization of the forearm after a radial approach PCI, as well as strategies for surviving the storm during challenging procedures. Discover an emergency transcutaneous balloon...

Complications and challenging cases #1

Left main bifurcation instent restenosis - LIVE case

18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024

A 76-year-old male with a history of LM PCI (2-stent strategy), RCA PCI, reduced LV function (25%), diabetes, and CKD presented with worsening angina. Angiography revealed in-stent restenosis at the ostium of the LAD and CX, along with RCA occlusion.

The procedure was performed with axillary Impella...

Left main bifurcation instent restenosis  - LIVE case

Artificial intelligence: current applications in coronary image analysis in its potential in treatment planning

18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023

What should cardiologists be aware of regarding artificial intelligence? How will artificial intelligence impact interventional cardiology? If you share these questions, absolutely watch this presentation.

Artificial intelligence: current applications in coronary image analysis in its potential in treatment planning

Bifurcations

17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023

Seeking to revive your understanding of this session focusing on bifurcations? Examine these slides and review the main elements of the presentations.

Bifurcations in interventional cardiology

CABG vs. PCI - Multivessel disease

15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022

Watch this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session to find out more about the guidelines in revascularisation for multivessel disease, simplification of multivessel disease PCI using physiological guidance, and much more!

CABG vs. PCI - Multivessel disease

All you need to know on physiology: a 2023 update

15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022

In this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session, listen to William Wijns discuss the following physiology topics: long-term data on PCI deferral, update on new "negative" studies, low adoption in daily practice, and computational image-based physiology.    

All you need to know on physiology: a 2023 update

Optimal management of a patient with calcified lesions - Session with LIVE case

15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022

Watch the case of an 87-year-old male patient with DM, HTN, and hyperlipidemia, who suffered ACS six weeks ago, whose culprit lesions were treated in the RCA and LCX, and who was incidentally readmitted for LAD PCI, and find out how he was treated LIVE.

Optimal management of a patient with calcified lesions

Challenging and complication cases

15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022

Watch this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session to learn how to deal with post-infarction ventricular rupture, an unusual post-CABG complication, a left main complication with the LACOSTE technique, the entrapment of a knotted catheter in the radial artery during primary PCI, and much more!

Challenging and complication cases

Optimal PCI in patient with long calcified lesion

14 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022

In this session, follow a LIVE case from the Chest Diseases Hospital in Kuwait and learn what the best strategy is to treat patients who present with a very long calcified coronary artery lesion, as well as how to select the best device and which different...

Complete revascularisation: from defining PCI strategy to PCI optimisation

22 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021

In this session on percutaneous coronary intervention, learn about available physiology tools for a full coronary assessment, understand how OCT impacts decision-making to strategise and optimise PCI, and learn through case examples how the use of physiology and OCT impacts daily practice.

Left main intervention in 2021

16 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021

In this session whose aim is to highlight imaging value, watch the case of a 64-year-old man with diabetes, hypertension and severe interstitial lung disease who presented with new onset of shortness of breath and functional class NYHA II-III for 3 days...

Left main intervention 2021

Complications during PCI, guidewire entrapment and and unexpected Impella complication

16 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021

Watch this series of clinical cases- would you have made the same treatment choices to manage these complications?

- Unusual complication during an angiogram
- When wires give you troube
- Routine PCI complications: a CTO technique to the rescue
- Entrapment and fracture of coronary guidewire
- An unexpected Impella...

Technical consideration for left main bifurcation in light of evidence

16 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021

Watch this session to get proved that provisional side-branch stenting is recommended for the majority of bifurcation lesions, including the LM, that DK-Crush appears to be the best two-stent technique for important SB with complex stenoses, and that imaging and physiology can optimize stenting strategy decision...

Complications: cases of wire entrapment, stent dislodgement, an entangled Impella device and more

16 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021

Watch this session to learn how to face various complications, thanks to a selection of cases presented at GulfPCR-GIM 2021: a wire entrapment, a guide-wire fracture, a dissection and a loss of flow, a stent dislodgement, as well as an entangled Impella device. 

Complications

Year in review: the most impactful trials and papers in interventional cardiology in 2021

16 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021

While reflecting on the real academic milestones in the last couple of years, get key learnings for clinical practice from five selected trials published in 2021, and examples of how to critically appraise the internal and external validity of randomised clinical trials, among others.

PCI optimisation in ACS patients

12 Dec 2020 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2020

Watch this session to learn through case examples how to optimise the treatment and results of ACS patients both at the short and long-term and to understand the importance of physiology assessment in ACS and the latest evidence from the field.

This session was originally presented during...

PCI optimisation in ACS patients

The year in review in Interventional Cardiology: clinical trials and relevant literature published in 2020

12 Dec 2020 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2020

Watch this session if you want to reflect on key learnings for clinical practice from selected trials published in 2020, to get a rapid overview of the most relevant literature of the year in the fields of coronary, valvular and peripheral interventions and to see examples...

The year in review in Interventional Cardiology

CAD management in TAVI patients

12 Dec 2020 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2020

Watch this session if you want to reflect on optimal management of CAD in TAVI candidates, to discuss tips and tricks to improve future coronary access during TAVI procedure and to review how to optimise management of CAD in post-TAVI patients.

This session was originally presented during...

CAD management in TAVI patients

My five top trials in interventional cardiology in 2019: impact on clinical practice?

02 Jan 2020 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2020

Consult this session to learn all about the latest evidence from trials relevant for interventional cardiology, selected by EAPCI President Andreas Baumbach, and discover their impact on your daily practice: COMPLETE, BIOSTEMI, EXCEL, and more!

My five top trials in interventional cardiology in 2019 and their impact on clinical practice

How to optimise PCI in a patient with multivessel disease? LIVE Case

19 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019

Watch this case of an 81-year-old female with no prior history of CAD who presented with unstable angina. The patient had recent acute coronary syndrome and baseline angiography shows multivessel disease.

The objectives of this case are:

  1. Assess your patient as a whole package!
  2. Lesion preparation is key for...
How to optimise PCI in a patient with multivessel disease? LIVE Case

GulfPCR-GIM 2019 Award and Closing Ceremony

19 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019

Consult this session to see the slides presented during GulfPCR-GIM 2019 Award and Closing Ceremony, which gathered 832 active participants, and discover who the best clinical case award winner was that year.

GulfPCR-GIM 2019 Award and Closing Ceremony

Complex and challenging cases II

19 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019

Consult this session to discover how to safely manage difficult complications, thanks to a selection of complex clinical cases: ascending aortic dissection, balloon rupture, retrograde PCI on CTO of ostial right coronary artery, and more!

Complex and challenging cases II

PCI optimisation: OCT and physiology in a complex multivessel disease case

18 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019

The patient is a 57-year-old male with high-risk factors and previous history of revascularisation. He presents with ischemic chest pain with NSTE-ACS. The baseline angiography shows multivessel disease and calcified LAD/D1 bifurcation (1,1,0).

The key objectives of this case are:

  1. Utility of FFR in physiological assessment of a...
PCI optimisation: OCT and physiology in a complex multivessel disease case

Complex and challenging cases I

18 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019

Consult this session to learn how to manage complex complications, with a selection of challenging clinical cases such as: high-risk left main artery, stent ablation and rota-stenting, LT main lesion, and more!

Complex and challenging cases I

Improving patient access and clinical outcomes for valvular heart disease

18 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019

Consult this session on valvular heart disease to learn more about the indication expansion for aortic stenosis patients and the implication of valve design choice for the patient's future, and discover some new treatment options for mitral valve disease.

Improving patient access and clinical outcomes for valvular heart disease